"The first history of American adulthood, The Prime of Life examines how succeeding generations of Americans dealt with the primary tasks of adulthood: Navigating the passage from youth to maturity, achieving intimacy and connection, raising the next generation, experiencing wor…
Das Thema Resilienz und die Förderung von Schutzfaktoren hat in den Human- und Gesundheitswissenschaften in den letzten Jahren - verbunden mit dem Paradigmenwechsel von der Defizit- zur Ressourcenorientierung bzw. von der Pathogenese zur Salutogenese - eine zunehmende Bedeutung …
Research on second language acquisition (SLA) has identified language aptitude and age of onset (AO), i.e., the age at which learners are first meaningfully exposed to the L2, as robust predictors of rate of classroom language learning and level of ultimate L2 attainment in natu…
What are the most effective methods for doing life course research? The field's founders and leaders answer this question giving readers tips on: the art and method of appropriate research design; the collection of life history data; and the search for meaningful patterns found …
What are the most effective methods for doing life-course research? In this volume, the field's founders and leaders answer this question, giving readers tips on: the art and method of the appropriate research design; the collection of life-history data; and the search for meani…